[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has dismissed four officials from its Nebo Local Office in Sekhukhune after they were found guilty of involvement in a R33 million social grants fraud scheme.
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has dismissed four officials from its Nebo Local Office in Sekhukhune after they were found guilty of involvement in a R33 million social grants fraud scheme.
[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) has called for stronger collective action to tackle corruption in the country, warning that the menace continues to undermine national development.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Uganda's efforts to improve its global corruption ranking are facing renewed scrutiny after anti- corruption agencies and stakeholders warned that the country's stagnating performance on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) reflects deeper institutional and societal challenges.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Assets Recovery and Property Retrieval Task Force (AREPT) Chairman Cllr. Edwin Kla Martin has expressed renewed confidence in Liberia's anti-corruption campaign, declaring that recent court victories have strengthened the Task Force's resolve and demonstrated that the country's judicial system is prepared to hold individuals accused of corruption accountable through due process.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has announced plans to recover Sh1.5 billion and pursue criminal prosecution following a landmark Court of Appeal ruling that declared compensation paid in the controversial Ruaraka public land saga illegal, null, and void.
[Scrolla] Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala was subpoenaed to testify before the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday but the hearing has now been delayed. His legal representatives will attend in his place, while the commission cited "heightened media and public interest" as the reason.
[New Era] An application by four Fishrot corruption and fraud accused in which they seek to restrain and stop the government from continuing to prosecute them, has been said to be unprecedented.
[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- Former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf pressed President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, the Supreme Court and the National Legislature on Tuesday to act decisively against corruption, demanding the swift creation of a Specialized National Anti-Corruption Court that she called the missing piece in Liberia's accountability framework.
[MFWA] Journalists in Ghana have been urged to adopt a more issues-oriented framing in reporting on corruption, to prevent partisan narratives from overshadowing substantive accountability concerns and weakening public confidence in the fight against corruption.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A Nairobi court has acquitted former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko of money laundering charges, ruling that the prosecution failed to present sufficient evidence to sustain the accusation.
[Liberian Observer] The high-profile US$6.2 million corruption trial involving former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. and four other ex-officials reached a tense new phase on Wednesday, as the defense's cross-examination of Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) Program Manager Baba Mohammed Boika exposed sharp disputes over investigative standards and evidence.